The Marvill Collection | Skinner Auction 3167B

The Marvill Collection Sale 3167B

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November 3, 2018

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The Marvill Collection

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Lot 70: Carved and Painted Articulated Figure of a Horseman, possibly southwestern United States, c. 1937

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Table of Contents 1

Auction & Specialist Information

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Online Bidding

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Provenance

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Lots 1–116: The Marvill Collection

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3158T Americana online Sale Announcement

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Conditions of Sale

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Absentee Bid Form

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The Marvill Collection: Power, Magic, Mystery, and Design If I had to choose one word to describe Mickey and Jill Baten in their lifelong commitment to collecting art, it would be “fearless.” It is a word that not only implies the lack of fear but, more significantly, the presence of courage; a willingness to venture into the unknown with one’s own instinct and conviction as guides. The collection that the Batens built is without rival in the world: from museum-quality examples of the great American self-taught painters of the 19th century, to world-class 18th and early-19th century furniture, to the finest collection of anonymous/artist unknown sculpture that has ever been assembled.

In 1976 I attended Folk Sculpture U.S.A. at the Brooklyn Museum. The objects presented there radiated the same power of great tribal art. As I walked through the exhibition, over and over again I came across the “Marvills.” Who were they? As I later found out, they were Marvin (Mickey) and Jill Baten. That day was the start of my 30 plus-year journey in pursuit of blurring the lines between mainstream and vernacular art, of creating a path for objects and artists overlooked in art history books to cross over into the modern and contemporary art arenas.

Today, the world is giving unprecedented attention to self-taught, outsider, and folk art—three distinct categories that are often grouped under the catch-all label of outsider art. Just recently, Outliers and American Vanguard Art, curated by Lynne Cooke, opened at the National Gallery of Art (later traveling to the High Museum of Art and then to the Los Angeles County Museum), and another exhibition, History Refused to Die: Highlights from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Gift was on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. What these two high profile events have in common, apart from the obvious, is that they were curated around “names.” Museums, the media, and the public at large like to attach “names” to things—this is directly related to the marketplace and the status of art as a commodity—think of the rise of William Edmonson, William Hawkins, Bill Traylor, Thornton Dial, Henry Darger, and Martín Ramírez.

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It happens too often that the acquisition of art is based on commodification rather than appreciation, desire, and the revelation that is bringing an object into one’s life. The early pioneers who collected this material understood this revelation: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Maxim Karolik, for example, and the institutions that mounted groundbreaking exhibitions: MoMa with American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, 1750–1900 in 1932, the Whitney Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City—which owns important works from the Herbert Hemphill collection, one of the great early collections of anonymous material. The Batens, who bought their first pieces from nowlegendary dealers such as James Kronan, Ed Fuller, and Gerald Kornblau, come from this lineage of fearless people focused on the art above all else, particularly the speculations of the marketplace.

The sculpture that the Batens collected comes from folk traditions, but it relates to tribal art in its raw formal strength and in the fact that it is produced in contexts where authorship is often lost. Folk art, however, emerges from personal rather than tribal rituals, and the objects that remain embody the intimate and unique conviction of their creators. This is the essence of the Marvill Collection: power, magic, mystery, and design.

—Frank Maresca

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Figures & Busts

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1 Carved Female Doll Figure in a Bonnet, 19th century, carved facial features surrounded by a stylized bonnet, the torso with exaggerated hips, (lacks legs), figure ht. 6 in., with custom stand.

Provenance: Christie’s, Sale 2343, September 29, 2010, lot 48; Ricco/Maresca, New York.

Exhibitions: America 1976, A Bicentennial Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum. $1,500-2,500

2 Small Carved Pair of Busts, late 19th/early 20th century, a male and a female, similarly carved with stylized features, overall ht. 4 1/2 in., including custom plinth. $500-700 1

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3 Carved Ebonized Bust of a Man, 19th century, with stylized features and a reclining upper posture, on custom black plinth, overall ht. 7 1/2, figure ht. 5 3/4 in. $400-600 4 Carved Walnut Head of a Black Man, possibly Georgia, 19th century, ht. 7 1/2 in. $400-600

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5 Carved Female Head and Torso, 19th century, with carved and painted facial details, exaggerated lower torso, ht. 9 1/4 in. $300-500

6 Carved Wooden Doll, probably Maine, c.

1800, well-worn facial features, figure ht. 7 3/4 in., with custom stand.

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7 Carved Chippewa Love Charm in the Figure of a Woman, late 19th century, a carved braid down her back, figure ht. 5 1/2 in., with custom stand.

Provenance: Dr. Peter Furst; Channing Dale Throckmorton, New York, Santa Fe, and London, 1988. $1,000-1,500

Provenance: Diamant Gallery, 1979. $600-800

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8 Carved Wood Figure of a Woman Lifting Her Skirt, America, c. 1925-35, the figure with accentuated carved body details posed with arms suggestively lifting her skirt, wearing high-heeled shoes, old varnished surface, with custom base, ht. 8 3/8 in.

9 Carved Androgynous Figure in a Top Hat, America, c. 1869-70, the yellow pine figure with crossed arms and female lower anatomy, standing on a square plinth with black-painted top hat, figure ht. 13 3/8 in., with custom base.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1995.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 1999.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 133. $3,000-5,000

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Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 98. $8,000-12,000

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10 Large Carved and Painted Female Doll Figure, possibly Kentucky, early 19th century, carved facial features and rough-hewn stylized body, (lacks arms), ht. 36 in.

Provenance: Northeast Auctions, August 1997, lot 39.

Note: According to a previous catalog entry, the doll was referred to as “Janie Wood” by the family, a reference to its being the first doll of Margaret Jane White made by her 10-yearold brother Martin in 1830, of Hunter’s Bottom (now Carroll County), Kentucky.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 122. $2,000-4,000

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11 Carved Ventriloquist’s Dummy Head, New York State, late 19th century, the head constructed of laminated spruce with finely carved facial details, ears, and articulated mouth, incorporating cloth and hair, on custom base, ht. 10 in.

Provenance: Kronen Gallery, 1975.

Note: A similar figure is illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), p.

171, fig. 241. $1,500-2,500

12 Carved Wood Head of Man, 19th century, traces of gilt in face, indistinct stamp below right ear, and branded “22 1/4,” ht. 9 1/4 in., on custom stand. $1,000-1,500

13 Three Carved Portrait Heads, Georgia, late 19th/early 20th century, the largest head carved from a cherry log possibly depicting a balding white male, the other two figures carved from pine logs depicting African Americans, each retaining their original bark, all with bold facial features, hairline and clothing or bow tie details, ht. to 22 1/2 in., mounted together on a black rectangular base.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York 1989.

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Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 102. $3,000-5,000

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14 Painted Wood Scarecrow Bust, New England, c. 1900-10, the blue-eyed man with exaggerated cowlick, carved features, and blue-painted eyes, joined with strips of rubber, ht. 26 in., hangs from a rope and iron ring.

Provenance: Kronen Gallery, New York, 1975.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive: Discoveries in Folk Sculpture (New York: Little, Knopf, 1988), p. 44, fig. 51.

Note: This figure was reportedly found hanging in an apple tree. $800-1,200

15 Carved and Painted Black Man Carnival Target, 19th century, with carved head and facial features, the head hinged and tips backward when struck, (imperfections), ht. 21 3/4 in., with custom stand. $1,000-1,500 16 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman Signed and dated “Lydia Friechler/1837� l.c.

Watercolor on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in., in a flat red-painted pine frame.

Condition: Paper toned, repaired tear l.l., possible repair to face, not examined out of frame. $800-1,200

17 Monumental Carved and Black-painted Bust of an African American Man, possibly pstate New York, c. 1850-60, the yellow pine torso with bold carved facial and body details, from the waist to the top of the head, old black tarry pitch surface, ht. 43, wd. 29 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 114.

Note: The figurehead was found in Upstate New York and may have been mounted on the bow of a Hudson River schooner. $8,000-12,000 15

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18 Carved and Painted Articulated Black Figure with Original Clothing, late 19th century, carved wood throughout, wearing a black jacket with red buttons, high-waisted pants, and a single shoe, (imperfections), on custom stand, overall ht. 19 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 1996; David Wheatcroft, Westborough, Massachusetts.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 128. $8,000-12,000

19 Carved and Polychrome Painted Figure of Black Man, c. 1900, with red vest and blue pants, possibly a whirligig missing its paddles, ht. 11 1/2 in., on a custom stand.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1997. $2,000-3,000 20 Carved and Painted Pine Clothed Black Man Ventriloquist Dummy, America, c.

1880-90, moveable lower lip and eyes, with black yarn hair, painted facial features and blue eyes, dressed in a wool coat and pants and a collared shirt with tie, (imperfections and wear), ht. 38 1/2 in.

Provenance: Kronen Gallery, New York, 1975. $1,500-2,500

21 Carved and Painted Pine Figure of an African American Man, reportedly New Orleans, early 19th century, possibly depicting a slave, with glass eyes, carved features, inlaid teeth, bracelets on his wrists, and a confident posture, on custom stand, (imperfections), overall ht. 57 in.

Provenance: James Kronen, New York, 1974. $10,000-15,000

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22 Carved Wood Figure of a Black Minister, North Carolina, 1860-80, the seated figure wearing a green vest, with a book, presumably a bible, open on his lap, the carver probably influenced by a likeness of Abraham Lincoln, ht. 28 in.

Provenance: James Kronen Gallery, 1974.

Note: Reportedly from a North Carolina Baptist church. The mate to this sculpture, according to the consignors, is or once was at the Art Institute of Chicago. $1,500-2,500

23 American School, Late 19th Century

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Preparing for Dinner Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, showing an African American family in a domestic setting, the gentleman having procured a chicken and root vegetables, 18 x 27 1/4 in., framed.

Condition: Lined, minor retouch.

Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1974. $4,000-6,000

24 American School, 20th Century De Fust Knock-Down Unsigned, titled l.r.

Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in.

Condition: Relined, minor retouch.

Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Folk, New York, 1987. $1,200-1,500

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25 Carved and Painted Articulated Trade Figure, America, c. 1900-10, the brownpainted figure with painted eyes and lips and articulated arms and black-painted feet, on a black base, overall ht. 69 3/4 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 257. $6,000-8,000 26 Black-painted Terra-cotta Head, late 19th/ early 20th century, with modeled hair, ears, and facial features, allover black paint, ht. 8 1/4 in., with custom plinth.

Provenance: Frank Maresca. $800-1,200

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27 Carved Limestone Stone Head of a Man, late 19th century, the figure with exaggerated facial features on an integral square base, ht.

11 in.

Provenance: Found in Bloomington, Indiana; collection of Frank Maresca.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), p. 86, fig. 113, and described as bearing a resemblance to African carvings from Sierra Leone. $1,500-2,500

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28 Carved Slate Memorial Figure, c. 1825-50, ht. 27 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 179. $800-1,200

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29 Carved Locustwood Fence Post Head, Russel Risley, Kirby, Vermont, c.

1875-90, the carved head on a roughhewn post, figure ht. 47 1/4 in., on a white square base.

30 Carved Bust of a Woman, possibly Essex, Massachusetts, 18th century, with traces of early white and black paint, ht. 15 in., mounted on a short black plinth.

Provenance: Frank Maresca, 1985.

Provenance: Dr. William Greenspon; Ricco/Maresca, 1992.

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Literature: Robert Bishop, American Folk Sculpture, p. 319, illustrated. $3,000-5,000

31 Carved Burl Head, probably New York State, late 19th/early 20th century, the burl with minimally carved eyes, nose, and mouth, with custom stand, ht. 10 in.

Provenance: Originally purchased out of a Central New York State home; Roger R. Ricco American Art, 1985.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), p. 244, fig. 349. $600-800

32 Carved and Painted Iroquois False Face (Spoon Mouth), New York State, c. 1860-80, with metal eye surrounds and horsehair, ht.

11 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1999. $800-1,200

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33 Carved Eskimo Mask, Lower Yukon Territory, Canada, 19th century, with black and red washes, (surface wear), ht. 9 in., custom black stand.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 2001. $3,000-5,000 34 Sewn and Woven Bag, composed of wool threads in pink, magenta, yellow, and olive green, the rectangular bag with three tassels below, mounted in a shadow box frame, bag ht. from handle to tassel 13 1/2, framed dimensions 21 x 13 in. $100-150

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35 American School, Early 19th Century Portrait of a Woman in an Olive Green Dress Holding a White Cloth Unsigned.

Oil on canvas, 36 x 26 in., in a molded giltgesso frame.

Condition: Lined, very minor inpainting. $8,000-12,000

36 Carved Stone Fertility Staff, Chumash tribe, ht. 28 3/4 in., with a custom stand. $4,000-6,000

37 Early Hohokam Pottery Bowl, c. 1000 AD, with flared rim, swirling stylized bird design, (restored), dia. 12 in.

Provenance: Gallery 10, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1984. $800-1,200

38 Large Turned Maple Bowl, probably 18th century, with pronounced rounded rim and short foot, ht. 9 1/2, dia. 22 3/4 in. $400-600

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39 Large Carved Burl Bowl, possibly Eastern Woodland tribes, late 18th century, the oblong bowl with sloping sides and shaped ends with circular handle cutouts, refinished, (repaired crack), ht. 7 1/2, wd. 23 1/4, dp. 18 in.

Provenance: Thomas Hannan, 1972. $400-600

40 Paint-decorated Poplar Six-board Chest, possibly Schoharie County, New York, c.

1810-15, the molded top with applied cleats to underside painted black with red and white vine border and central foliate spray, opens above a cream-painted dovetailed box with flowering vine border and a central tree, on a dark red-painted molded bracket base, ht. 21 1/2, wd. 42 1/4, dp. 18 1/2 in.

41 American School, 19th Century

Provenance: Family descent; Don Walters; Frank Maresca, 1985. $4,000-6,000

Provenance: Hillary Underwood, Woodstock, Vermont, 1973. $300-400

Portrait of a Shepherdess with Her Crook and Dog Unsigned.

Watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (sight), in an early painted frame.

Condition: Paper toned, pigments slightly faded.

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Canes 42 Carved and Polychrome Painted Staff with Head, possibly South Carolina, late 19th century, the top with carved head and elongated face with carved hair detail, painted eyes and lips above a carved and polychrome painted collar on a spiral carved shaft, the head with a hole in the top which may have held a candle, lg. 52 1/2 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), p. 182, fig. 256. $600-800

46 Carved Wood Walking Stick, late 19th century, surmounted by a stylized portrait bust, above a heavy spiral carved shaft, ht.

37 in.. $700-900

43 Carved and Painted Maple Walking Cane, 19th century, the knop a finely carved head with a grimacing face, above a spurred shaft encircled by two snakes, old varnished surface with red and black painted highlights, (old repair), ht. 36 in.

47 Lady’s Walking Stick, late 19th century, the knop carved with a bust of a woman wearing an elaborate feathered hat, the reverse carved with a primitive face, on a tapering shaft, ht.

34 in., on custom stand.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 2003. $2,000-3,000

Provenance: Ricco Johnson Gallery, New York, 1983. $400-600

44 Carved and Painted Folk Art Cane, late 19th/early 20th century, the knop with a bearded man wearing a bowler hat, above the shaft with coiled serpent, climbing lizard, and metal inlaid lettering “SALIWA,” ht. 48 in., on a custom metal stand. $800-1,200

48 Carved and Painted Figural Wood Cane with Glass Eyes, late 19th/early 20th century, the knop carved as an old bearded man, the tapering shaft encircled by a snake in the middle, lg. 36 1/2 in. $400-600 49 Carved and Painted Wood Walking Stick with Female Bust and Torso, 19th century, the possibly pregnant female figure with her hand clasped below her belly, (break and loss near bottom end), ht. 29 3/4 in. $800-1,200

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45 Carved and Painted Walking Stick with an African American Bust, 19th century, the finely carved knop of burl painted in black, white, and red, affixed to a heavy spiral-carved shaft, lg. 38 1/2 in. $600-800

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50 Carved and Scrimshaw-decorated and Baleen-inlaid Mythological Jagging Wheel, c. 1830, with snake handle, coiled snake around the body, and female legs joined by the pierced wheel, (imperfections), lg. 4 3/4 in., on custom stand.

Literature: For a discussion of a related example, see E. Norman Flayderman, Scrimshanders, Whales and Whalemen, p.

184, illustrated. $800-1,200

51 Steel Snake Whimsey, America, late 19th century, the snake with broad head, all forged from a steel file, lg. 14 in.

Provenance: America Hurrah, 1983. $300-500

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52 Wrought Iron Alligator Figure, with delineated eyes, teeth, and scales, and stylized flattened feet, on a custom stand, figure lg. 12 1/4 in. $300-500

53 Carved Pine Swordfish Weathervane, Maine, c. 1900, the stylized elongated form on a tall wood and iron post, lg. 63 in., with custom wall mount.

Provenance: From a fish shack in Rockport, Maine; Ricco/Maresca, c. 1993. $3,000-5,000

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54 Two Carved Chairs with Alligator Motifs and a Similarly Carved Alligator Cane, c. 1860-80, alligators carved on the chairs’ uprights, crests, legs, and more, one seat of alligator skin, the other caned; the cane with a right-angled carved handhold, chair ht. to 41, cane lg. 32 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 1993. $2,000-3,000

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55 Bundled Rush Duck Decoy with Carved Head, Long Island, New York, early 20th century, with traces of white paint, lg. 13 1/2 in.

Provenance: Edmund L. Fuller American Folk Sculpture, New York, 1979. $700-900

56 Small Carved and Red-painted Pine Rooster Weathervane. reportedly Vermont, mid-19th century, with tin joinery and details, weathered original paint, (head reattached), ht. with stand 14 in.

Provenance: Kronen Gallery, New York, 1975. $1,000-1,500 56

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57 Carved and Black-painted Wood Horse with Horsehair Tail, Michigan, c. 1850-60, (missing both ears and a front leg), ht. 16, lg. 18 in., on a rough-hewn wood base.

Provenance: Kronen Gallery, 1976. $300-500

58 Carved and White-painted Folk Art Figure of a Horse, late 19th century, freestanding sculpture with horsehair tail, (missing elements), ht. 22 in. $600-800 59 Carved and Red-painted Pine Figure of a Four-legged Animal, 19th century, probably a cow missing its horns, red overall with black hooves, tail with silverpainted tip, (losses, paint wear), ht. 8, lg.

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60 Painted Wood and Horn Folk Art Steer’s Head, Texas, mid-20th century, the applied horns above a black- and white-painted face, ht. 19 in., with custom stand.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 60. $1,000-1,500

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Carved Root Animal Unsigned.

Oak, bone, and acorn, lg. 21 in.

The stylized creature with acorn eyes and rear legs fashioned from a rib bone.

Provenance: Acquired from the Aaron family; Luise Ross American Art, New York, 1986.

Literature: Patricia Malarcher, “Newark: Inside the ‘Outsider’ Art,” New York Times, March 2, 1986.

Exhibitions: Black American Folk Art, Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, February 2, 1986–March 11, 1986. $800-1,200

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62 Glazed Pottery Pig Flask, c. 1900, with modeled ears, incised features, and legs folded underneath, lg. 6 1/2 in. $300-500

63 Glazed Stoneware Jug with Lizard Handle, W.E. Kreiner, southern United States, c.

1870-90, straight-sided body with flat tooled neck in the back and tapering round spout in the front, elongated lizard handle with tail wrapping around the base of the jug and ending in an arrow, the side of the jug incised “W.E. Kreiner/9105,� ht. 11 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1997.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 62. $800-1,200

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64 Carved and Painted Baby in a Chair Figure, possibly Upstate New York, late 19th century, the child depicted wearing a white gown seated in an armchair with details carved to represent wicker, with custom base, ht. 12 3/4, wd. 8, dp. 8 in.

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Provenance: Found in Upstate New York; Edmund L. Fuller American Folk Sculpture, Woodstock, New York, 1981; sold and subsequently reacquired by the Batens.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988), p. 10, fig. 1. $5,000-7,000

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Folk Sculpture 65 Carved and Painted Penitente Figure, New Mexico, Los Hermanos Penitentes Society, late 19th century, the cottonwood figure with carved head, ribcage, hand, and feet details and articulated joints, incorporating fibers and hide, holding a carved wood “knife,” with custom base, ht. 43 in.

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Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 175. $2,000-4,000

66 Carved Witch on a Bicycle Push Toy, probably Massachusetts, 1870, carved wood head with fiber hair, leather cloak, and painted twig handle, figure ht. 13, overall lg. 15 in. $3,000-5,000 67 Mack Baker (Texas, 20th Century) Son/Portrait of a Man with a Red Carnation Signed and dated “Mack Baker 1952” on a note affixed to the reverse, titled in applied shaped wire at the lower frame edge.

Carved and painted pine, 24 x 19 1/2 in., with integral carved simulated frame.

Condition: Paint losses.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 2005. $800-1,000

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70 Carved and Painted Articulated Figure of a Horseman, possibly southwestern United States, c. 1937, with fanciful carved details, the legs and arms strung to a metal ring which when pulled mimics the movement of the body riding a horse, ht. 13 in., on custom stand.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 2000. $1,000-1,500

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68 Carved Pine Articulated Dancing Toy, late 19th century, with trapezoidal head, wide rectangular body, arms with mounted bells, and articulated legs, all operated by pulling a string, ht. 17 in., with custom wall mount.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 1996. $400-600 69 Turned Wood Doll, 19th century, with remnants of green painted details, ht. 14 in.

Provenance: Marna Anderson, New York, 1987. $400-600

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71 Tommy Simpson (American, b. 1939)

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Ride ‘um Cowboy Signed “Tommy ‘03” in pencil on the underside, title engraved on the plinth.

Wood, wire, metal, and found objects, lg. 13 1/2 in.

Condition: Good. $300-500

72 Carved and Painted Man Hanging from a Gallows, America, early 20th century, the polychrome male figure hanging from a noose on a raised gallows with carved steps, ht. 16 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1996.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 138. $600-800

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73 Ornately Carved Mirror Frame, mid-19th century, possibly made as a memorial or other commemoration, incorporating winged cherubs and initials “IF” and “AM” in the elaborate figural and foliate crest, sides, and pendant, all surrounding an old glass, (imperfections and losses), ht. 25 in.

Provenance: Cross Keys Antiques, New York, 1966. $600-800 74 Relief-carved Cityscape Plaque, Charles Butler, mid-20th century, carved from a single plank of mahogany, depicting an elevated highway with cars and trucks, buildings in the background, aluminum plaque at base with artist’s name, ht. 9 1/2, wd. 24 1/2 in. $200-300

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75 Forged Iron Dagger with Female Figure Hilt, possibly Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reportedly 18th century, lg. 9 3/4 in., on custom stand.

Provenance: Steve Miller, New York, 1996. $800-1,200

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76 Carved Wooden Nude Female Torso, possibly Pennsylvania, c. 1900, the torso carved in two halves, composed of everything but the head, shoulders, and arms, and wearing high-heeled boots, on a turned base, overall ht. 22 in.

Provenance: Diamant Gallery, New York, 1980. $2,500-3,500

77 Five Pairs of Stuffed Fabric and Stockinged Legs, c. 1900-10, each pair of legs wearing high-heeled shoes, each ht. 8 1/2 in., on custom stands.

78 Carved Recumbent Nude Female Figure, first half 20th century, the woman with head faced down on her folded arms, torso twisted at the hips and legs crossed, lg. 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 1999. $1,000-1,500

Provenance: Diamant Gallery, New York, 1983. $400-600

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79 Standing Figure of a Bathing Beauty, Robert Anderson, Miami Beach, Florida, 1963, the polychrome wood and mixed media figure of a woman wearing a red, white, and blue bikini leaning against a white scroll backing, signed on the bottom “No 13 Robert J. Anderson/ Sept. 1963,” ht. 25 1/2 in.

80 Standing Figure of a Bathing Beauty, Robert Anderson, Miami Beach, Florida, 1961, the polychrome wood and mixed media figure of a woman wearing a blue/green bathing suit leaning against a black and white-painted scroll backing, signed on the bottom “Robert J. Anderson/Jan. 1961,” ht. 25 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 134. $1,000-1,500

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 134. $1,000-1,500

81 Thirty-eight Sculpted and Painted “Barbie” Figures, New England, c. 1950-60, the nude female figures sculpted in a variety of suggestive poses with painted facial and body details, ht. 3 to 10 1/2 in.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1998.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), pp. 160-161.

Exhibitions: Museum of Sex, New York City.

Note: This group of figures was found in a home in New England, reportedly made by a man confined to his house. $4,000-6,000

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82 Carved and Polychrome Painted Figure of a Standing Nude Woman Posing, Pennsylvania, early 1950s, with accentuated facial and body details, wearing red highheeled shoes, on a rectangular gray-painted base, ht. 21 1/4 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 167. $1,200-1,500 83 Carved Walnut Hunched Female Figure, signed “RUM,� dated 1961, the figure with head down, seated on a plinth, with her feet in what appears to be a representation of water, ht. 10 in. $300-500

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Folk Erotica 84 Painted Female Scarecrow Figure, New York, early 20th century, the pine figure with white-painted surface, metal washers for eyes, red-painted circular “mouth,” turned wood and pressed brass “breasts,” painted string “pubic hair,” and articulated legs, lg. 63 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 129. $1,500-2,500

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85 Small Carved Slide-lid Trick Box with Erotic Male Figure, 19th century, with spring-loaded action, box lg. 3 1/2 in., on custom stand. $400-600

86 Pair of Articulated Copulating Figures, New England, late 19th century, pine, with wire scissor action, ht. 6 3/4 in., with custom stand.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 1997. $400-600

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87 Carved Erotic Figural Spoon, probably New England, late 19th/early 20th century, the nude woman with her arms raised above her head holding a phallus, ht. 4 1/2 in., with custom stand.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 2001. $1,000-1,500

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88 Carved and Painted Articulated Erotic Figures, the amorous couple, featuring a reclining seated woman, moves to mimic copulation when the circular spring-loaded stand is depressed, on custom wooden pedestal, overall ht. approx. 9 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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89 Carved and Painted Articulated Erotic Figures, the standing amorous couple moves to mimic copulation when the square spring-loaded stand is depressed, on custom wooden pedestal, overall ht. approx. 9 1/2 in. $800-1,200

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90 Two Gilt-bronze Erotic Figural Groups, on similar black plinths, each lg. 4 1/4 in. $300-500 91 Justin McCarthy (Pennsylvania, 1891-1977) Double-sided Figural Painting: From the Show Tip-top and “Betty�

Unsigned, titled and inscribed on each side l.r.

Watercolor on paper, 11 3/4 x 9 in., frame with a clear back.

Condition: Losses, creases, and small tears to edges. $1,000-1,500

92 Joel-Peter Witkin (American, b. 1939) Miss La Tour Unsigned.

Silver print collage, 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 in., framed.

Condition: Good. $400-600

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93 Vintage Nude Photograph, early 20th century, female figure wearing a black glove, image 2 1/4 x 2 in., framed dimensions 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. $300-500 94 Four Pairs of Vintage Photographs of Nudes Framed Together, early 20th century, each double image 2 x 3 1/2 in., overall framed dimensions 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. $200-250 95 Gerald Slota (b. 1965) Untitled (Man with Leg), 1995 Identified on a label affixed to the reverse.

Gelatin silver print with graphite, 23 1/4 x 19 3/4 in., framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

96 Michael Martone (American, Late 20th Century) First Night in a Darkroom #1 Unsigned, identified on a label affixed to the reverse.

Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in., framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 2000. $300-500 97 Franz Xavier Wolfe (German, 1887-1972) Two Portraits of Gentlemen Signed “FX Wolfe.� u.r.

Oil on panel, 6 1/2 x 5 in., in gilt-gesso frames.

Condition: Minor retouch. $300-500

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1996. $600-800

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98 Thornton (Buck) Dial Sr. (Alabama, 19282016) Posing Initialed “TD” l.r., titled on a label affixed to the reverse.

Graphite and pastel on paper, 36 x 25 in., framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca. $3,000-5,000

99 Thornton (Buck) Dial Sr. (Alabama, 19282016) A Sexual Lady and a Sexual Cat Initialed “T.D.” l.r., titled on a label affixed to the reverse.

Charcoal, graphite, and pastel on paper, 44 x 30 in., framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 1994. $2,000-3,000 99

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100 Thornton (Buck) Dial Sr. (Alabama, 19282016)

101 Thornton (Buck) Dial Sr. (Alabama, 19282016)

Running for the Money Initialed “TD” l.r., titled on a label affixed to the reverse.

Graphite on paper, 25 x 36 in., framed.

Condition: Good.

Four Small Pastels: Looking Around (1); Looking Around (2); Cosmetics; and Open Hands All initialed “TD” along lower edges.

Pencil and watercolor on buff or tan paper, 11 x 10 in. each, framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca. $2,000-4,000

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, c. 1994. $1,500-2,500 102 Donald Mitchell, (California, b. 1951) Untitled (Animals and Figures) Unsigned.

Ink on paper, 30 x 23 in.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 2001. $400-600

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103 Donald Mitchell (California, b. 1951) Untitled (Animals and Figures) Unsigned.

Ink on paper, 23 x 30 in.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 2001. $400-600

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104 Aaron Holliday (American, 20th/21st Century) Glass, 2001 Signed “Aaron Holliday” l.r., further signed, titled, and inscribed on the reverse.

Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in., framed.

Condition: Some superficial spots of minor soiling.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 2001.

Note: Holliday is a diagnosed schizophrenic, and was the subject of an article by Deeanna Franklin, “The Art of Aaron Holliday,” published in the March 2004 issue of Clinical Psychiatry News. In the article, Roger Ricco said of Holliday’s works: “they’re almost perfectly real and at the same time, they’re almost something wrong with it, in the sense of something is not normal, and I don’t mean in a medical sense, but in terms of reality. What you end up with is a picture that looks like a room, and then you realize that everything about it is strange, but beautifully and wonderfully rendered.” $2,000-3,000

105 Dwight Mackintosh (American, 1906-1999) Untitled (Figure with Yellow Hair) Signed faintly l.l., identified on a label affixed to the reverse.

Pencil and tempera on paper, 26 x 19 in.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

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Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1996. $1,000-1,500

106 Dwight Mackintosh (American, 1906-1999) Untitled (Three Figures with Drips), 1984 Signed and dated “Dwight Macintosh 2/84” l.r.

Pencil and watercolor on paper, 25 3/4 x 30 3/4 in., framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1993. $800-1,200 107 Dwight Mackintosh (American, 1906-1999) Untitled (Compulsive Figure) Titled on a label affixed to the reverse, inscribed indecipherably on reverse of paper.

Ink on paper, 17 1/4 x 22 1/8 in.

Condition: Minor creasing at corners.

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Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, New York, 1993. $600-800

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108 Louis Monza (California/New York/Italy, 1897-1984) The Ogre #1, 1956 Signed and dated “Monza” l.r., titled on a 1994 invoice.

Crayon on paper, 28 x 22 1/2 in.

Condition: Slight rippling to edges of paper.

Provenance: Estate of the artist; Luise Ross Gallery, New York, 1994. $600-800 109 Louis Monza (California/New York/Italy, 1897-1984) Three Works: Inaction; Untitled (Erotic Scene); and Untitled (Figure in Mouth) All signed “L Monza” and variously dated “’72” or “’74,” titled on labels affixed to the reverse.

Pen and ink on paper, ht. to 8 1/2, wd. to 8 3/4 in., framed.

Condition: Good. $400-600

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110 Bernard Reder (New York, 1897-1963)

112 Aurie Ramirez (Phillipine, b. 1962)

Still Life & Standing Nude Signed and dated “Reder 52” l.r., identified on a label affixed to the reverse.

Color woodcut on paper, 21 x 15 in., framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame.

Woman, 2005 Artist identified and dated on a label affixed to the reverse of one frame.

Watercolor, pencil, pen, and ink on paper, on four pieces of paper in two frames, paper to 15 x 11 1/4, larger frame dimensions 34 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.

Condition: Good. $400-600

Provenance: World House Galleries Corp., New York. $400-600 111 Henry Speller (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1900-1996) Portrait of a Woman Unsigned.

Pencil and pastel on paper, 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (sight), framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame. $400-600

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113 Joe Burns (American, 20th/21st Century) Untitled [Nude in a Bedroom] Signed “Burns” l.r.

Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in., in a black wood frame.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: Ricco/Maresca, 2002. $800-1,200

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114 Peter Golfinopoulos (New York, b. 1928) Untitled (Abstraction) Signed and dated “Peter Golfinopoulos 76” l.l.

Pastel on watermarked paper, 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in., framed.

Condition: Not examined out of frame. $2,000-2,500

115 Purvis Young (Florida, 1943-2010) Figure on Horseback II Signed “Young” u.r., identified on labels affixed to the reverse.

Oil on wood with vinyl and wallpaper, 47 x 30 in., framed.

Condition: Small puncture.

Provenance: Greene Gallery; Ricco/Maresca, New York. $3,000-5,000

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116 Lonnie Holley (Alabama, b. 1950) With Memories in Hand - Behind the Old Door Unsigned.

Mixed media assemblage, ht. 42, wd. 16, dp.

7 in.

Condition: Minor losses and damage.

Provenance: Luise Ross Gallery, New York, 1993.

Literature: For information on the artist, see Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Vernacular, New Discoveries in Folk, Selftaught, and Outsider Sculpture (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2002), p. 222.

Note: According to the book referenced above, Lonnie was one of twenty-seven children born into a family in Birmingham, Alabama, from which he fled at the age of 14.

He started to realize his penchant for making art when he carved a pair of sandstone tombstones for two nieces of his who died in a house fire in 1979. $1,000-1,500

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